Presenting our 11th annual review of the Best Online Brokers. OptionsXpress once again takes the crown for best Web-based broker.

IT'S JUST ABOUT THE BEST OF TIMES for online brokers. As Barron's prepared its 11th annual review, their assets and trading volume are up, and shares of major publicly held ones, such as Ameritrade (ticker: AMTD), E*Trade (ET) and Charles Schwab (SCHW), dot the new-high list.